Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-04-13
she Yoked Her Foes.

81 am going to have two guests at
Elmdale the day after Tomorrow" re-
marks Mrs Radcliffe, carelessly, one
morning to the old husband who adores
her and who is fully thirty years her
senior.
"Indeed!n responds Mr.. Radcliffe,
with an assumption of interest which
he in reality possesses for little except
his green house and his vegetable gar
den. "Who have You selected, my love?
That is, do know them?"
"You have met the lady, am sure.
She is Miss Eloise Bristow, and the gen.
tleman is Mr.. Parker Folsom"
Mr.. Radcliffe considers this response
for 4 moment, and then up go his gray
touched eyebrows in unmistakable as
tonishment.
MY dear, you must be making some
mistake. | have heard you say very
hard things about both these people. /
remember your being very angry indeed
just before your marriage, for-for''-
Cant you recollect why?" she inter-
rupts in smiling interrogative. ''This
WAS my reason for being angry. Both
these people chose to spread abroad GER
tain reports about my love Of wealth
when | was poor little Ophelia Shelton,
which, whether they were true or false,
concealed behind them the design of
preventing our marriage. You were
sensible enough not TO believe the gos-
sip, and so they were defeated"
''But have you forgiven them, Ophe-
LA? thought not"
Five or six days after the above con-
versation the two guests arrive at Elm
dale. Each of them is bewildered by
the invitation, and each takes it IS a
sweet sign of peace and goodwill.
you have a most excellent home
here" Parker Folsom tells his hostess,
while they are left alone together for
few moments, on the night of his ar
rival.
'Yes. Do you really think SOP" is
the sweet answer. I'm 50 glad every
thing pleases you. And how about
your fellow guest, Miss Bristow? Is not
She lovely"
81 never specially admired brunettes,"
is Parker Folsom's reply, with a covert
glance ut the iaxen tresSes OF Mrs.
Radcliffe.
"Oh, il doesn't matter nue., fancy,
whether one be blonde or brunette, If one
has immense wealth."
Immense wealth? And Is Miss
Bristow''-
Wealthy? Oh, enormously-one of
the greatest heiresses L know Of"
Indeed" Parker Folsom responds,
beginning suddenly to stroke his dark,
silken mustache with considerable
energy.
Not long afterward Mrs. Radcliffe is
alone with Miss Bristow.
MY dear EloIse," she begins, "you
are looking so well! By-theby, Mr..
Folsom paid you a compliment.
a slight flush tinges Eloise Bristow's
cheek.
"Reallyl What was it?"
"He said you were pretty"
"He is very kind" Eloise answers, a
little disappointely.
She IS pretty and knows it very well,
having been told so again and again.
Mrs. Radcliffe taps her reproyiryly
with costly ivory fan.
my dear girl, you should not under
value such compliment from mil
lionaire like Parker Folsom
Eloise's glossy, dark eyebrows sud-
denly lift themselves.
"a millionaire, Mrs. Radcliffe?"
"Yes. Oh, his wealth is immense! 1
thought you knew it.n
mo, have not heard"
"Well, that is not strange, when one
remembers. He is Philadelphian, and
you are from New York;
Eloise Bristow has always told herself
that she means to respect and honor the
man whom she marries, but she has
also repeatedly told herself that wealth
or, at least, an independent competence
must belong to this same favored indi-
vidual.
AS for Parker Folsom finding himself
stripped of nearly all his former posses
sions at an age when to begin a
business life Is to alter habits of idleness
and ease that have almost become
part of the mans nature, he on his side
has more than once assured his inner
self since the crash of his pecuniary
misfortune occurred that to marry for
money would be the most completely
sensible course of action he could posi-
bly, enter upon.
Yes, Eloise Bristow and Parker Fol-
som are thoroughly in love with each
other at the end of a weeks time.
More than once, while thinking Of how
superbly her revengeful scheme had